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He has applied to have the instrument and sculpture transferred to his new cell on the vulnerable sex offenders wing at HMP Stafford but is is thought guards have refused on the basis that inmates are not allowed to have large personal items.

His decision to join the choir came as a shock to many after he previously shunned religion in his autobiography.

The TV entertainer, pictured left with a didgeridoo in 1996, and right in his police mugshot, was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for 12 indecent assaults on four girls

HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire where Rolf Harris, 84, reportedly created the didgeridoo during art classes

Disgraced Harris unveiling his portrait of the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2005 to mark her 80th birthday

The entertainer, famous for his artwork, (pictured painting Lily Cole) has been creating sculptures in prison

In his book 'Can you Tell What It Is Yet?', he claims to have 'basically humanist principles'.

Harris was spat at and reportedly handed out signed drawings for free to inmates while at Bullingdon, and prison officers are said to be keeping a close eye on him to ensure he is not targeted.

The Ministry of Justice denied Harris had made the Aboriginal instrument but a source confirmed to the Sunday newspaper that they had seen the didgeridoo.